Piltown Engineering, with over 50 years of experience in manufacturing lighting columns and associated products, established a standalone manufacturing plant for producing octagonal and multi-sided columns and masts. By adopting ProgressPlus, the company gained better control over production processes, resulting in a consistent output and enabling them to punch above their weight. The software’s power of data allowed for better continuity, delegation, and access to historical information, making it an invaluable tool for the business with continual improvement and excellent support from the team at Berkeley Myles Solutions.
The adoption of ProgressPlus has resulted in better control over production processes and significant financial advantages. The software’s power of data has led to better inventory management, reduced material waste, and improved cost control.
 “Our ability to consistently produce high-quality output and punch above our weight has been instrumental in our growth and success in our chosen specialist field,” said Kate Hogan, the Managing Director at Piltown Engineering. “These benefits, combined with the use of innovative technologies like ProgressPlus, have contributed significantly to our achievements.”
Challenges:
- Piltown, an engineering manufacturing company, faced challenges in managing its production processes which were manual and Excel-based.
- This led to inefficiencies, a lack of traceability, and an inability to delegate tasks effectively.
- The company needed software that could provide continuity, information retention, the delegation of tasks, control of delegation, and access to historical information.
Solutions:
- Piltown implemented ProgressPlus, a software that provided a robust and organised management system for production.
- ProgressPlus helped the company streamline their operations and achieve better management and control over its work order processing, material traceability, and control procedures.
- In the last two years, the company has switched on more tools in ProgressPlus, including the purchase enquiry module, Outlook integration, and scanning documents into the system for record-keeping purposes.
Results:
- The implementation of ProgressPlus has resulted in better continuity, information retention, the delegation of tasks, control of delegation, and access to historical information.
- The company has achieved better management and control over their production processes, resulting in more consistent output.
- The software’s power of data has led to better inventory management, reduced material waste, and improved cost control.
- The software helped achieve accreditation for CE marking.
- The support team of ProgressPlus has been helpful and quick to respond to issues.
- The software has allowed the company to operate with a high level of sophistication and above its weight.
- Piltown has found ProgressPlus to be better than its competitors.
The transformation of Piltown Engineering’s production processes through the adoption of ProgressPlus software has been nothing short of remarkable. With Berkeley Myles Solutions’ exceptional support, the company has gained better control over their operations, reduced waste, and improved cost control. The software has allowed Piltown to punch above its weight and compete with more prominent players in the market.
“I have found the ProgressPlus software to be better than its competitors, making it an invaluable tool for our business, helping us achieve substantial financial gains,” said Kate Hogan the Managing Director at Piltown Engineering, with a finance background. “Overall, ProgressPlus has helped us overcome the challenges of manual and Excel-based production processes. It is a testament to the power of innovative technology and expert support in driving our business success.”